Are they bored? Lazy?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 6:44 pm

I've had my crabs for a while, so I think they should be over PPS. They just seem to never be in sight. Once in a while I'll find a hole, but mostly they just hide. I tried rearranging the tank, and they moved around a little at first, but now they're back to hiding in the cocohut/underground. Or are they maybe just sneaky and move when I'm not looking? It would be nice to see them out and about once in a while.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:12 pm

Most crabs only come out at night. During the day, my tank is like ghosttown. But around 10pm, it's like PAAARRRTTTTYY!!!!
Epecially when I put pineapple in their food dish! You'll see yours eventually....just stay up till all hours of the night!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 7:14 pm

E's are also more active during the daytime than PP's. My crabs are generally more active the higher I keep the humidity.

hermiefanatic · Post by **hermiefanatic** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 10:11 am

if your temp & humidity r not n the 75-80 range they maybe inactive. but as said you will eventually see them and they r nocturnal.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 3:26 am

Yeah mine are like that sometimes.
Annoying!

But I do hear them out & about at night...I also can always tell when they've been up, because the crabitat is a bit messy!

Tremors · Post by **Tremors** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:49 am

For a while, when I was having humidity problems (I couldn't get it to stay above 75%) my crabs mostly hid and weren't too active. Now I've got it to stay at about 80%, which they seem to like a lot better. A lot of times during the day, I'll see one or two of them crawling around or sitting on their coco-hut.

In my smaller tank, all 5 crabs are below the substrate for most of the time, but sometimes they come up or leave me windows during the day. I know that some of them come up at night because of all the scattered food, piles of sand, and huge holes/caves in the substrate that appear overnight.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:27 pm

mine r always active except for 9/11 skitter and skeeter! at night it is like PARTTTYYY!!!

Hermit_of_Hermit_Crabs · Post by **Hermit_of_Hermit_Crabs** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:44 pm

Put something smelly like fresh shrimp or fish in the food dish and you will definitely see more of your crabs.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:47 pm

lol

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 4:56 pm

Mine only come out when the lights go off, no matter what the time is 9pm or 3am I never see them [smilie=banghead.gif]

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 5:03 pm

I KNOW!! I should pretend that its night for them, but it'll only be like 4pm!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:03 pm

Tried that one

Have a sunglo and a nightglo bulb to try and get them out earlier (like 8pm) and it still doesnt work.

If i go out for the night and get back late, I am careful not to turn on the light and as soon as i look into the tank they clamp down their shells and then run away and bury down again until i turn out the light

Hermit_of_Hermit_Crabs · Post by **Hermit_of_Hermit_Crabs** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 9:34 am

It may just take time. Yesterday a front came through and it got down to around 30 degrees last night. Even though I keep my tank around 78-82 degrees the crabs knew the cold weather was coming and I did not see them hardly at all yesterday.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:10 pm

I know how you feel.
Mine, no matter how much I re-arrange the tank, always go to the same place; under the hut!

LOL, it's quite cute, actually.

But yeah, they are nocturnal. So when you're sleeping I'm sure they are out & about!!

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 10:53 am

They'll come out eventually, some crabs take longer than others to get settled in. My crabs are over two years old now and they come out all times of the day and night. They especially come out when I get home from work because they know that I am going to change their water bowls and put in fresh food and mist them. But very soon, in the next couple of weeks I am expecting the activity in our tanks to drop down to near zero because all of our crabs seem to have a major decrease in activity as the winter approaches. I know that it is not the temperature or the humidity because it is pretty constant in their crabitat, my theory is that it is a seasonal or cyclical thing that some crabs go through.